barrels

Cooper's wooden creations

Barrels is the plural of barrel—cylindrical containers traditionally made of curved wooden staves bound by hoops, used for storing liquids like wine, beer, or oil.

A barrel is also a unit of volume, especially for petroleum (42 US gallons).

The barrel of a gun is the tube through which projectiles travel.

As a verb, to barrel is to move fast and recklessly: The truck came barreling down the highway.

aging

oak

Quercus genus member

  • caskWooden storage barrel
  • charBurn without destroying
  • tanninsAstringent plant compounds

maturation · cellar · vintage · patina · toasting · staves · cooper · cooperage · bourbon · sherry

container

drum

Struck percussion cylinder

  • caskWooden storage barrel
  • kegSmall beverage barrel
  • hogsheadLarge liquid storage barrel

tun · firkin · butt · puncheon · staves · hoops · bung · spigot · tap · lid

oil

petroleum

Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid

  • crudeUnpolished, raw state
  • OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition
  • refineryIndustrial purification facility

pipeline · tanker · drilling · rig · offshore · reserves · production · export · commodity · futures

firearm

bore

Tiresome individual or drill

chamber · breech · action · gunsmith · ballistics · accuracy · twist · crown · lands · grooves

measurement

bbl

Shortened cask measure

volume · fluid · quantity · unit · standard · metric · imperial · cubic · measure · bulk

movement

roll

List of names

speed · racing · downhill · momentum · runaway · careening · thundering · rumbling · bouncing · crashing

surfing

wave

Oscillating motion through medium

  • tubeHollow cylindrical passage
  • pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
  • curlSpiral or loop form

ride · hollow · pitching · lip · foam · pocket · section · overhead · glassy · reef

Categories
Opposites
container type

barrelsampules

Sealed glass medicine vessels

droppers · droplets · bottles · vials · pouches

quantity/volume

barrelsdrops

Descends or releases

ounces · dribbles · sips · splashes · teaspoons

movement speed

barrelscrawls

Moves slowly, low

creeps · inches · plods · trudges · dawdles

Phrases
Family

barrel, barrelled, barreling, barrelling, barreled, barrel of monkeys

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G